Synergy challenges math because one plus one isn’t two, it’s more. The effect of the two parts is greater than the sum of their separate ones. That’s what happens when you get to know someone and there is a special magic that gets created. You feel it, the moment brings you peace and connection.
We are quite primitive creatures. Without others, we would die. Human connection is needed to survive.
Coming back to Spain has been hitting me harder than I expected. Often that’s the root problem, expectations. Seems like in some way I was not realizing the huge change I am making. I lived eight years in Germany and I spent two travelling. Staying in my home country is a huge change. Ironically coming back can have a feeling of void.
I have been getting visits from friends and family. Spanish people talk a lot. I do as well but when everyone around is so chatty, it surprises me. Different cultures. People come and tell you their life, often without asking in the first place. It’s somewhat funny.
You are in the laundry, a man enters the place and starts sharing how they just came back from a trip. Their washing machine broke down. So he decided to go to the laundry. He doesn’t know how the machines work. They went to Edinburgh. All of this without asking. We ended up having a chat and I helped him out.
During this “being in one place” process, I have gotten to know people that give me energy. The crossfit coach in the morning who corrects my technique, who knows how much I can lift, who anticipates improvements I can do. Other founders with whom I have exchanged, most of them women. A friend that I got to know in a startup accelerator program and we support each other in the process. My mentor in the accelerator who shakes me up every time we have a session, helps me set the GPS in the right direction and pushes me to go further.
Madrid is creating a different atmosphere for me. One that I would have never expected. Because you never know what awaits for you.
It makes me happy that being in one place lets me have more space for areas that were left out. It lets me have more recurring dynamics. It lets me have more focus. I’m rebuilding Sunbathe. It is a long process but sometimes in life you get tired of feeling mad at yourself for not doing something. I’m at that stage right now. I’m tired of feeling tired of myself for not implementing many things in the app that I have been wanting to, just because I was stuck with an old version of the app. Just because I keep getting stuck at one place and I am not sure how to proceed. I am mad for not sharing and I want to contribute to the change I want to see in the world, I want people to live lives with more wellbeing. I want women to be fitter and stronger, physically and mentally. I am doing things different, let’s see where it takes me. I am doing.
Lately I have been listening and consuming content where one concept repeats. Kinetics. Movement. You make the path by walking. These messages come from very different profiles, from a secret agent to a startup founder.
Most likely I won’t end up in a place that I imagine. Things will happen in a different way. But what I know, is that I am setting myself in motion. And that’s progress. I have met super interesting people these past weeks. I met founders who I admire. People who are ahead of me in many ways. They inspire me. I have asked them many questions and they have gifted me their time.
In an AI revolution, I believe this is what makes us human, connection, creating those synergies that we feel within. Inspiring and loving one another.
How do synergies look for you? With whom do you feel synergy? Is it strangers, is it people who you already know? Is it both? I read you.
Have a good week.
I love you very much world,
Julia
this photo is incredible